Almost immediately after reading Terry's message about the "Better Place" model for converting the PHEV infrastructure into a socialist imperative (which is a good thing, even if it was a fairly "liberal" idea)
http://www.betterplace.com/our-bold-plan/business-model/ ... perhaps the preeminent "better place" in the USA - i.e. the "best place" to live (according to the mayor and C of C) has sprung into action: http://earth2tech.com/2008/05/13/project-better-place-might-charge-up-sf/ ... which is a fabulous initiative for transportation in cities where the average trip is not long; second only in importance for alternative-energy to converting the mayor's (Gavin Newsom, pictured above) daily glob of hair-do-goo (aka Brylcreem) into diesel. Hey from the description below, this stuff might work strait from the tube... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brylcreem
